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Afghan women risk Taliban wrath over hair trade

KABUL—Until Taliban authorities took power in Afghanistan, women like Fatima were able to freely sell their hair to be made into wigs, bringing in...

‘Afghan women may speak to each other’

Women in Afghanistan are not forbidden from speaking to each other, the Taliban government’s morality ministry told AFP on Saturday, denying recent media reports...

Women walking

Burqa-clad Afghan women walk along a street on the outskirts of Mazar-i-Sharif.

Divorced Afghan women forced back to abusive ex-husbands

"Threatened with losing custody of her four daughters, she returned to her ex-husband who by then had also married another woman" By Luana Sarmini-Buonaccorsi, Aysha...

UN team: Afghan women ‘most repressed’ globally

Afghanistan under the Taliban government is the “most repressive country in the world” for women’s rights, with authorities effectively trapping women and girls in...

Brother and sister’s future separated after Taliban university ban

"Marwa’s mother, holding her newborn baby in her arms, said she felt history repeating itself" By Estelle Emonet and Abdullah Hasrat Marwa was just a few...

Social media campaign highlights colorful Afghan clothing to protest Taliban dress code

After seeing photos of black-clad Afghan women in full face veils at a pro-Taliban rally in Kabul, Bahar Jalali, an Afghan-American historian, launched a...

Afghan women outraged at ‘work ban’

The Taliban’s effective ban on women working sank in on Monday, sparking rage over the dramatic loss of rights after millions of female teachers...
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